(MENAFN- Gulf Times) A "D Company" sharpshooter wanted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts that killed more than 250 people has been arrested in Goa, police said yesterday.
Superintendent of Police Karthik Kashyap said Sham Kishor Garikapatti alias 'Black Scorpion', 50, worked for the Dawood Ibrahim gang and was jailed for harbouring terrorists.
"We arrested him from Saligao, a village 10km north of Panaji, where he was living in a rented room for nearly eight years," Kashyap said, adding the arrest followed a tipoff from an informant.
According to the police, Garikapatti was involved in the 1993 Mumbai blasts executed by the Dawood Ibrahim gang, known in police files as "D Company".
The man was also involved in J J Hospital shootout in Mumbai more than a decade ago in which two policemen and a rival shooter were killed.
Meanwhile, Dawood Ibrahim, who has an Interpol Red Corner Notice pending against him for allegedly being a key Mumbai serial blasts conspirator, has been confirmed to be located in Karachi - as disclosed by his purported voice in a recent intercept of his telephonic conversation with an aide.
In the intercept done by an Indian security agency, a voice - purportedly belonging to the fugitive gangster - indicated he is in the Pakistani city. Two months ago, there was an intercept of his conversations where he was purportedly talking about his alleged Dubai real estate investments.
The two-minute conversation, which seemed coded in parts, featured Ibrahim and an aide discussing issues including: pending works at a construction site at an unclear location, arrangements with a Dubai-based aide for a business deal and the need to send "around three lakh dirhams" to the latter via 'Yasir', said an investigator requesting anonymity.
When the aide said the money could be sent to Dubai via Yasir, Ibrahim's voice was heard saying, "Yasir toh yahin Karachi mein hain. Theek hai, main usko bol deta hun (Yasin is here in Karachi. Okay, I will tell him)".
The Interpol notice, issued at the behest of the Central Bureau of Investigation that probed the 1993 blasts, said Ibrahim was allegedly also involved in counterfeiting currency and organised trans-national crimes.
Ibrahim asked his aide about Yasir's schedule and was informed that the latter would leave for Dubai the following Saturday. The aide told Ibrahim that he had spoken about the Dubai 'kaam' (work) with a man he called Tariq.
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